Hudson County events celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. begin tomorrow

Temple Beth-El, 2419 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, will have its 27th annual interfaith Shabbat service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. Guest speaker is former state Attorney General Paula T. Dow. Jersey City religious leaders Rabbi Debra Hachen and Cantor Rebecca Joy Fletcher will conduct the service. The event is open to the public; refreshments will be served. For more information, call (201) 333-4229.

JERSEY CITY NAACP ANNUAL MLK BREAKFAST

The Jersey City Branch of the NAACP will host the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 160 Frontage Road, Newark. Tickets are $35 each and the speaker is the Rev. Ronald L. Slaughter of St. James AME Church in Newark. For more information, contact (201) 333-3697.

WEEKEND OF SERVICE AND CELEBRATION

The House of the Lord Church, 427 Martin Luther King Drive, Jersey City, will have several events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. On Saturday, the church will give blankets to the homeless from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon, the Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry will deliver a speech about the life and times of King. On Monda’y’, there will be a free lunch at 2 p.m. For more information or to make reservations, call (201) 716-1585.

The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Service at New Hope Baptist Church, 472 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, on Sunday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Alonzo Perry Sr. will be the preacher. All are welcome. For more information, call (201) 435-3006.

2ND ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

All Saints Episcopal Day School and Stevens Cooperative School will have their second annual day of community service on Monday at 8:30 a.m. at All Saints Church, 707 Washington St., Hoboken. Children will prepare healthy bagged lunches for the patrons of St. Matthew Trinity’s Lunch Time Ministry in Hoboken. Children will also create scarves and blankets, which will be donated to Hoboken University Hospital and In Jesus Name Ministries. Students will also assemble goodie bags of toiletries (collected by the schools) for the Breakfast Plus Program at Grace Church Van Vorst in Jersey City, and prepare soup and pasta that they will deliver to the Hoboken Shelter. Middle-schoolers will paint murals and clean up Hoboken parks and the PATH/train station.

4TH ANNUAL JERSEY CARES MLK DAY OF SERVICE

Jersey Cares will host its 4th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday from 9 a.m. to noon at Snyder High School, 239 Bergen Ave., Jersey City. Volunteers will paint murals, assemble First Night Kits, create “I Have a Dream” mobiles and peace bingo cards, and more.

New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, will have its 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Michael Gilligan Student Union. Shirley Sherrod, civil rights activist and advocate for black farmers, will deliver the keynote address. The theme for the luncheon is “In Unity We Have Power: Reclaiming the Dream.” Tickets are $25. For information, call (201) 200-3524 or visit www.njcu.edu/hagancenter/. To donate to NJCU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship, contact Lori Summers, NJCU director of development, at (201) 200-3489 or lsummers@njcu.edu.

ANNUAL DR. KING TRIBUTE

Jersey City Free Public Library as part of its Community Awareness Series will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Miller Branch Library, Cultural Arts Auditorium, 489 Bergen Ave. at 8 p.m. There will be a cultural performance by George Hodnett & Jeanne Ricks Instruments of Praise